Looking for simple family Christmas traditions that focus on Jesus? I’m going on 9 years of doing this motherhood + Christmas thing. That’s 8 Christmases spent learning (sometimes the hard way) that we don’t have to make everything over-the-top magical for our kids. A few, intentional + fun family traditions that focus on Jesus are […]

I’m not sure it’s possible to stand without letting your toes touch the ground, but as I poured my coffee this morning, I tried. In my drowsy state, I had forgotten our kitchen was destroyed, down to unsafe, dirty subfloor; I had forgotten to wear my shoes. We had capped off a challenging month of […]

We pulled out the Christmas decorations ready to deck our halls. My 6 year old had been begging us for weeks to “please put up the Christmas tree.” The time had finally come Thanksgiving morning. We started upstairs and before we could unpack the first box, my husband hurt his back. He laid on the […]

One of my best friends texted me suggesting that I write a post on handing jealousy between young siblings during Christmas. She’s got kids that are right around the same age as mine, so we’re often going through VERY similar things at the same time. It’s great. But when she asked me, I snort-laughed at […]

Stressed. Busy. Broke. Hurried. Behind. On-edge. If any of these describe you during the holidays, it may be time for a new approach! A few years ago I sat under the twinkling lights of our tree on Christmas Eve with tears streaming down my face. I had chugged the eggnog, donned the party dress, and […]